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thanksgiving_n against_o murmur_v that_o thou_o may_v find_v the_o great_a favour_n in_o the_o time_n present_a speak_v unto_o he_o in_o prayer_n against_o mistrust_n that_o thou_o may_v obtain_v glory_n in_o the_o time_n to_o come_v confess_v i_o say_v thy_o misdeed_n past_a give_v thanks_o for_o thing_n present_a and_o hereafter_o pray_v more_o devout_o and_o hearty_o for_o the_o joy_n to_o come_v that_o god_n may_v not_o be_v silent_a from_o forgiveness_n from_o bountifulness_n nor_o from_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o promise_n 2_o the_o repulse_o give_v by_o discreet_a silence_z o_o man_n in_o speak_v much_o it_o may_v be_v thou_o shall_v utter_v that_o which_o be_v good_a but_o what_o of_o that_o see_v it_o happen_v oftentimes_o that_o communication_n well_o and_o honest_o begin_v in_o continuance_n may_v become_v evil_a filthy_a
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exact_o because_o our_o saviour_n be_v not_o attaint_v with_o sin_n which_o poison_n have_v infect_v our_o body_n and_o soul_n yet_o proportionable_o according_a to_o that_o measure_n of_o grace_n which_o we_o have_v receive_v from_o above_o guide_v we_o thereunto_o o_o merciful_a father_n by_o the_o illumination_n of_o thy_o spirit_n that_o frame_v ourselves_o after_o the_o example_n of_o thy_o son_n the_o perfect_a pattern_n of_o all_o virtue_n both_o moral_a and_o intellectual_a we_o may_v please_v thy_o eternal_a majesty_n with_o our_o obedience_n wherein_o thou_o be_v more_o delight_v than_o in_o any_o burn_a offering_n or_o fume_a incense_n this_o and_o all_o other_o necessary_n towards_o the_o lead_n of_o a_o godly_a life_n grant_v we_o for_o thy_o mercy_n sake_n amen_n the_o xxij_o combat_n 1_o s._n barnard_n golden_a sentence_n of_o the_o vice_n ensue_a uncleanness_n of_o life_n although_o it_o spring_v first_o of_o all_o in_o the_o hart_n yet_o it_o branch_v and_o shoot_v 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of_o his_o nature_n which_o be_v carnal_a and_o fleshlie_o have_v be_v assault_v with_o concupiscence_n and_o lust_n be_v thou_o more_o innocent_a than_o lot_n he_o commit_v incest_n be_v thou_o more_o holy_a than_o david_n he_o offend_v in_o adultery_n be_v thou_o wise_a than_o solomon_n he_o transgress_v with_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o wife_n and_o concubine_n be_v thou_o strong_a than_o samson_n he_o be_v too_o feeble_a to_o encounter_v with_o his_o paramour_n so_o then_o thou_o see_v o_o man_n that_o these_o man_n be_v mirror_n of_o the_o world_n for_o the_o rareness_n of_o their_o gift_n and_o ornament_n be_v notwithstanding_o subdue_v and_o overcome_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o iniquity_n and_o therefore_o make_v it_o not_o a_o matter_n of_o such_o conscience_n to_o follow_v the_o lust_n of_o thy_o eye_n and_o to_o satisfy_v the_o desire_n
a_o woman_n to_o lust_n after_o she_o he_o have_v commit_v fornication_n with_o she_o already_o in_o his_o heart_n to_o the_o contrary_a whereof_o that_o patient_a man_n job_n have_v this_o speech_n i_o have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o my_o eye_n that_o i_o shall_v not_o so_o much_o as_o think_v upon_o a_o woman_n for_o how_o great_a a_o portion_n shall_v i_o have_v of_o god_n from_o above_o and_o what_o inheritance_n of_o the_o almighty_a from_o on_o high_a be_v not_o destruction_n prepare_v for_o the_o wicked_a and_o some_o strange_a thing_n for_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n furthermore_o if_o there_o be_v not_o deadly_a danger_n even_o in_o concupiscence_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o the_o heart_n it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o he_o will_v have_v burst_v out_o with_o vehemency_n into_o these_o speech_n if_o my_o heart_n have_v walk_v after_o my_o eye_n if_o it_o have_v be_v deceive_v by_o a_o woman_n or_o if_o i_o have_v lay_v wait_n at_o my_o neighbour_n door_n then_o let_v my_o 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